Based on the legend of the real-life daugher of the last Russian czar, ANASTASIA combines imaginative animation and lively songs to tell the story of a princess who escapes a horrible execution and mysteriously reappears after being thought dead. When a team of swindlers, Dimitri (John Cusack) and Vladimir (Kelsey Grammer), recruit Anya (Meg Ryan), a spunky amnesiac orphan, in their plot to defraud the Dowager Empress (Angela Lansbury) with a faux Romanov heir, little do they know their carefully coached fake is the real thing. But the resurgence of the long-lost Anastasia also attracts the attention of the scary Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd), who, with his hilarious sidekick, Bartok the bat (Hank Azaria), schemes to do in the last Romanov. Though much lighter (thankfully for children) than the 1956 Anatole Litvak-directed ANASTASIA adapted from Marcelle Maurette's play, this movie is still packed with thrills, chills, and romance. The first animated feature from 20th Century Fox, the film is directed by longtime collaborators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman.

DVD Features:

2-Disc Set
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - Spanish, French
Disc 1: ANASTASIA - Theatrical Release
Additional Release Material:
Music Highlights: ANASTASIA Music Box Favorites
Audio Commentary: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman - Directors/Producers
Interactive Features:
Additional Features:
1. Learn to Draw Anastasia/"Anya"
2. Learn to Draw Dimitri
3. Learn to Draw Rasputin
4. Learn to Draw Bartok
Disc 2: ANASTASIA - Supplemental Features
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Bartok the Magnificent" (Full Frame)
Music Video: Aaliyah - "Journey to the Past"
Behind the Scenes:
1. "The Making of ANASTASIA: Creating the Story, Defining Characters, Creating of Animation, Music in the Air"
2. Making of "Journey to the Past" Music Video
Interactive Features:
Additional Features - "Becoming a Princess"
Karaoke:
1. "Sing Along: Once Upon a December"
2. "Sing Along: Learn to Do It"
3. "Sing Along: Once Upon a December" - Foreign Language Version
Interactive Games:
1. "Explore the Palace"
2. "Putting Rasputin Back Together Again"
3. "Ink and Paint to Help Anya Remember Her Past"

Don Bluth: Director/Animator, THE SECRET OF NIMH (1982)
Gary Goldman: Animation Director/ Producer

Don Bluth: Director/Animator, THE SECRET OF NIMH (1982)
Gary Goldman: Animation Director/ Producer

David Newman: Composer, SERENITY (2005)
Stephen Flaherty: 

Fiona Trayler: 

"...Sumptuous....ANASTASIA is richly illustrated, a tony storybook..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
"...It is sumptuous to look at, and it never stands still.....[The filmmakers] have given the story a lilting rhythm and glittering surface of the most jewel-encrusted fairy tale..."
"...Finely executed animation....A charming film..."
"...[An] enchanting fairy-tale....Pure family entertainment..."
"...The action here is alive and energetic, and the train sequence is genuinely thrilling..."